J-hook
06-09-2008, 01:19 PM
I was at Sabrina on Monday 6/2/08 fishing from the boulder shore with the 5' ultralight using #2 test. I had on some Rainbow PB. It was a bluebird day - even getting a little sunburned.
I met brothers Leon and Mike there. Dunno if they are members, as we never mentioned FNN. All the sudden it was my turn, as I said I got one on. This was my best fish I've ever had hooked up. When it got to the shallows, it turned sideways. I had a silver platter! I don't think it was real long, but was very thick. The 5' rod was bent way over. It panicked when it saw the shallow bottom come up, and jumped, cleared the water, and ran the other way. I think it was telling me "If I don't rip the rod out of your hand, I'm going to tear your arm off!!"
I kept the pressure on - too much pressure. Leon and Mike knew what had happened when I let out a loud groan. My 3/8 oz weight and snapswivel went slingshot back up the beach about ten feet. My leader had busted at the swivel, so somewhere there's a trout with a hook in and about two feet of leader trailing behind.
Was it the knot at the swivel or just the leader somewhere along the line? When I went to change it, the snap on the swivel was open! Had some fool forgotten to close it in his hurry to get fishin'? I doubt it would have come out backwards from the open snap with pressure on like that; leader must have broken.
Leon said I needed to throw away all my swivels and get over here right now. He showed me the "Carolina Keeper" and we talked about using less knots. If nothing else I'll never use an overhand loop again. TIE it on the swivel.
I met brothers Leon and Mike there. Dunno if they are members, as we never mentioned FNN. All the sudden it was my turn, as I said I got one on. This was my best fish I've ever had hooked up. When it got to the shallows, it turned sideways. I had a silver platter! I don't think it was real long, but was very thick. The 5' rod was bent way over. It panicked when it saw the shallow bottom come up, and jumped, cleared the water, and ran the other way. I think it was telling me "If I don't rip the rod out of your hand, I'm going to tear your arm off!!"
I kept the pressure on - too much pressure. Leon and Mike knew what had happened when I let out a loud groan. My 3/8 oz weight and snapswivel went slingshot back up the beach about ten feet. My leader had busted at the swivel, so somewhere there's a trout with a hook in and about two feet of leader trailing behind.
Was it the knot at the swivel or just the leader somewhere along the line? When I went to change it, the snap on the swivel was open! Had some fool forgotten to close it in his hurry to get fishin'? I doubt it would have come out backwards from the open snap with pressure on like that; leader must have broken.
Leon said I needed to throw away all my swivels and get over here right now. He showed me the "Carolina Keeper" and we talked about using less knots. If nothing else I'll never use an overhand loop again. TIE it on the swivel.